The Sun. — London, England, 1808-07-05 00:00:00

ii it MR. PEARCE. MrfIi.TIEORNTbN understanding that much mis representation had gone abroad with rcspeti . to Mr.: rearcu'i . contract for great co;its for the Array, gave thF i t early in the next Stiss'on he uonld rnu.e fui. the produOion of Inc correspondence be .tween the Sccietary at W:tr and Mr. Pearce' on the subjea. . . 'On the motion , ol Mr. WILiERFOfICt it was or- :tiered, that an I►tinible Address be presented to his .iv4a:resty,prityingjhat he \vould,he gt; : teiously to cause to he•la:d before ihe:Hpile the 4111, sth, 6th, 7th,- Bth, 9th, and itY h Reports of the COrti. - Iniss.oncrs of al Revision. The Deputy ii,her of the Black Rod then : sum moned the House to the ( 1-10,.. , Ee 'of Pter,. '1 he Speaker atid the .Mea.bers present decordingiy-'Ut tended. On tht•ir return, the SPEAKe,n, front the. Chair at . the tab;e of the House read a Copy of his Majesty's • Spepcb to the IV übtrs, by whout 4t was ti4uouact •tds alter whicil4Ley dibpersed. . • MAILS. ARRlVEDe..lCottenburgh, t Dublin, ; Vlnterfurd. Dus—t Dublin, A Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVL O'CLOCK. Consols - - Red. Ann. 68i j Oinnium - 3 T S U SOLIM Q,UIS. 111CIAZ iALSULI AtiORAT ? L 0 N 0 IV, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1808. A Mail from Gottenburgh arrived this morning : The following is the only article of any importance which it contains : GOTTENBURGH, JUNE 27.--ACourierarriired this morning from Stockholm, with Dispatches from Sir JOHN MookE, for Lieutenant-General HOPE, since which we understand an order has been given for all Officers to repair on' board" their respective Ship 3; but nothing has yet transpired with respect to the destination of the Expedition. Sir J. MOORE is ex pelled to-night or to-morrow, relays of horses were ordered upon the road for him. It is reported that the Swedes have been successful against the Russians in. Finland, but we have not received the official ac counts." A report of a singular nature is stated in the Guernsey Paper of the 25th ult. to have reached ,that Island from the Coast of Fiance, viz. " That an insurreCtion had broken out in the South of France, of a most formidable nature, ail the opera tions of which had been concealed till 55,000 men had been completely armed and organized; that the signal for assembling was the try--" Au feu ! au feu! au feu!" that in the Provinces of Langue doc and ROusillon also, from 35 to 40,000 men were in ains, who had joined the Spanish Patriots ill Catalonia ; that the general cry of the unfteci ar-. thies-was , " Peace -with, England, and War-with, Buonaparte ;" that the whole Pyrennean Fructier was in full insurreation ; , and that TALLEYRA ND was supposed to be the grand mover of the revolt." We are not disposed to give much credit to this , rumour—at the same time we have very little doubt that if ever an insurrediun should take place in France against BUJNAPARTE, it will commence in ou the Stli. Letters and Papers from Holland to the I,.ct inst. have reached town. The latter bring no intelligence of importance; they contain some trifling details froin Bayonne ; but with , respell to the peat events have taken place in Spain, they - of course preserve the most profound silence. MuivA-r, it is said, has arrived at Bayonne, from which we Way infer that he deemed his position near Madrid inse cure. Same of the Letters state, that it was cur rently 'reported 1n Holland, that BUONAPAIITE had declared War agaipst Austria. Wp can not, however, suppOse that, circumstanced as he is at present, he would' unnecessarily engage in hostilities with Austria, unless indeed he wishes for an excuse for abandoning for. the 'present his designs upon Spain.. If, however, we may trust the a c. counts in these Papers, BUONAPARTE IS so far from entertaining any i n t ent i on o f giving up hi s nefarious plans against the independence of Spain, that he is colleting the whole of his disposable force for the purpose of pouring it, into that Kingdom. Government are malting the greatest exertions to afford the most powerful assistance to the Patriots of Spain.—Three Brigades of Infantry, consisting of 10,000 men,.. have received orders to embark at Ramsgate. The whole Force to be 'employed on this important service, we understand, will be rather more than. Thirty Thousand Men. THE SPEECH deliver :;l yesterday by the Loma ' CHANCELLOR, in His MAJESTY'S name,, to both Houses of Parliament, we may venture to pronounce one of the most satisfaaory productions of the kind that was ever submitted to.ilm people..of.this'puu,n try. It breathes the national spirit in terms of manly simplicity, ati 'is marked by that, humanity, gene : rous sympathy, and Zeal for freedom, `which, we trust,-will always be essential qualities in 'the' tish charaCi er , .I ts allusions to the Enemre but temperate. Wh atever horror and indigna y ati firm, on the atrocious conduct of that Enemy must have excited in all mankind, , it becomes the dignity of the British Throne to speak with -a moral 'energy, and not - : to adopt that - vindi6live aspe r it y • A bleb uniformly marks the'language of France, and which its own conduct would abundantly justify, if applied to itself. Such :language is only suitable to. an upstart Tyrant, whose original vulgarity is not. to be effaced by all the power and grandeur which his crimes have enabled him to acquire. Bnt the most interesting pelts of 14 Is MAJESTY'S Speech are those which relate to the' glorious struggle in which the Spaniards are no w en gaged for the preservation of their _independence as a people. That stru g gle will . be qn eternal ment of honou r i n t h e annals. of Spain ; onu- arKUGreat Britain will share its that honour the.noble zeal And promptitude with which she hastened to assist in the glorious cause. We hope that in spite of the with which a jealous. Tyrant endeavours to prevent the introduction of any. thing that may expose his depravity, into the Countries which he holds in slavery, that the sentiments and determitia- tions of Great Britain, as expressed in the Speech of the British Monarch, will find their way into France and all her vassal States. It is impbssible that the People of those Countries should read the noble 'sentiments, and observe the philanthropic views Which that Speech holds forth, without being struck with the degrading condition to which they are reduced in being compelled to live in enmity with a Power so anxious for the happiness of other States, 'and that is so % ready - to hazard all its energies to maintain the freedom of.a people who are,threat ened with the worst of bondage. What a contrast does the conduel of the British Nation, with a vir tuous Monarch at its head, offer to mankind, in comparison with the proceedings of the French Ruler at this moment ! On the one hand, we lee a Tyrant, who has contrived by the basest treachery to ensnare the Royal Family of an independent State into his power,. after , they had submitted to, .every thing which his caprice, his pride, and his rapacity had demanded of them—obliging them to resign all their rights into his hands, and then endeavouring to reduce their former subjects into the most humiliating thraldom ! !—On the other hand, we see a virtuous Monarch and his People filled with indignation- and disgust at such a per fidious career of insatiable ambition, and anxious to employ their best resources in preventing a generous Nation from falling a vkiim to so diabolical an at tempt. Such a contrast must strike the Nations of the Earth, and while it increases their veneration- for the People of this happy Island, the great asylum of suffering humanity, it must proportionably exas , perate them against the common Disturber of Europe and scourge of mankind ! Rut a glorious spirit of re sistance has arisen in Spain, and we will indulge the hope that it will, spread through other States, as it is calculated- to awaken them all to a sense of their interest, and to rouse them to an assertion of their rights, which qre now so cruelly trampled upon byi ferocious Usurper. The present is the most 'in teresting crisis that has ever occurred since the French Revolution discharged its horrors on mankind, and, whatever may be the issue, the conduct of Great Britain will be recorded with honour. • She held out • against all the rage, all the' menaces, all the power of its unrelenting foe, and readily came forward with the whole abet- enemies, in order to effect the de liverance of Europe, while she herself was happy and secure ! ! ! Yesterday, about twelv.• o ' clock, his MAJESTY an; rived in town from Windsor, at the Queen's Palace: At half past one o'clock his MAJESTY lield a Privy Council, which was attended by the LORD CHAN CELLOR, the Dukes of PORTLAND and MONTR.oS E , Earls CAMDEN, WESTMORLAND, BATHURST, and WINCHILSEA, Lords HAWKESRURY and MULGRAVE, Mr. CANNING, and Mr. PERCEVAL, The Marquis of .HUNTLEY. attended, and was sworn in Lord - Lieutenant of the County of Aber deen. The Earl of MORTON likewise attended, and was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of the County of Fife. After which, his IVIAJESTY'S Speech, to be deliv ere d_ by the Commissioners, t o b ot h H ouses of Parlia ment, was taken into consideration. His' MAJESTY gave private audiences ti the Duke Of PORTLAND, Furl CHATHAM, Lord. MULGRAVE, and Mr. CANNING.. His MAJESTY afterwards set :off on his return„ to Windsor. The Gentleman who arrived in town on Sun da y afternoon from Lisbon, is a Lieutenant -Colon e l in the Portuguese army, his name is CHARLES FREDERIC LECAUR ; he is'said to be nearly connekried. with Sortie of the first persons in Portugal, and to bear the most respeCtable character as a Military Officer. He came off in an open boat from LisbOn, to inform the first English Officer' he could Meet .with of the state of his Country, .and the disposition of its inhabitant, •aQd to proceed by the first . conveyance to London, as we have already stated that he has done, to claim British assistance through the accredited organ of the Portuguese Nation at our Court. Lieut. TALBOTT, the bearer c - ,f the dispatches horn Admiral l'oavis, is a most active and enterprising Officer. He served under. Sir HOME Porti Am at the taking of the Cape of Good Hope, and was also 'employed in the reduaion of Monte Video anc) Buenos Ayres, where be acquired great honour .for. bis judicious conduci, of which' the Commander in Chief spoke very highly in his dispatches. Sir THOMAS DYER, W4O has just been intrusted with an important Mission to Spain, is a Gentleman of great military knowledge and experience., and of. the most respaable characler in public arid private lite. He is, besides, well acquainted with the Spa= Fish' language, and indeed most of the Continental tongues. He is in the prime of life, and played above all interested considerations. A zeal .14 the service 'of his country and a cordial sympathy with thoie who are employed in the noble _attempt to resist tyranny and oppression, are tile motives which .have animated this Gentleman on the present. 'glorious occasion, • The following Corps are stated to be prepared for immediate embarkation, viz,: The 7th, t ith, 13th, and 18th light Dragoons —A Brigade of the Guards First Battalion of the s i s t_ The Second Re ximeni of foot--First Battalion of the s2d-- First .Baltalioic 'of the oth— Fourth Batt ;lion ot the Royals - wentiqh Re, giment of Foot—Second Battalion of - the 4th Foot—First Battalion of the 97th—Second Battalion of the 47th— Forty. third 'Regiment, both Baitalions... There was no alteration made in the Price of Bread' tp-clay. • , . • DBAL, JULY 4.—Arrived his Majesty's Brig Blazer from the Westward, aiid remains in the Downs with his Majesty's Ships as per last. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4.—Arrived his Majesty; Ship Alcmene from Plymouth. Sailed his 111a)csty's Ship Boadicea on a cruite. , GIBRALTAR, JUNE 4.—Hostilities have already` commenced•between the French and Spaniards, and the advanced guard of the French army, of 3000 men, have been completely defeated in the passes of the Sierra Morena by ,the armed peasantry and smugglers. Between three and four hundred of the prisoners had arrived at Seville when the last ac counts left that place. A loan for 50,000 dollars was opened here this morning •by General CAS' TANIOS, for the payment of the Spanish army, and . such is the patriotic spirit of the inhabitants of this place,. that this sunl was subscribed and raised in the course of a few hours, the subscribers refusing any interest upon the same, though to per cent. was offered.. BRIGHTON, JULY I.—The catch of maikarel was SO great last night, that they were retailed in the this m , roing at sixteen for a shilling, few of the fish Weighing less than a pound, and many being . double that weight. One of the boats last night, the shoal of mac are' being so great, had the meshes of her nets so closely occupied by them, that it was impossible to - drag them The fish and netS therefore, in the end, sunk together, the ti4hermaa thereby sustaining a loss of nearly sixty pounds, d elusive of what his cargo, •could he hate brought it into the boat, would have produced.—General MAC?' KRNZIE has been removed f rom hi 4 comma nd i n t his , di:triat, being destined for. foreign service. He iS succeeded here by General HUSON. , . . -- Captain CARROLL, 1 88th Regiment, arrived thin rn,,rning trotn Colchester, at Lord CASTLERRAGie, I Office, in consequence of an order frOm the Com mander in Chief, and leaves town this evening for I Portsmouth, to proceed immediately to Spain, where, we understand, - he is to. be employed to ad in an official situation with the Spanish Army. Captain CARROLL was one of the Hostages left in South .America ; he is a most excellent Linguist, and perfedly acquainted with the Spanish 'language. He rendered himself peculiarly popular with Gen. LINTERS, .'nit all the principal inhabitants of Buenos Ayres, with whom he lived in terms of the greatest friendship. The Spaniards place the most implicit confidence in us. It is said that the General of the Spanish lines, on marching with his troops to Cadiz, sent word to Sir HUGH DALRYMPLE, who cumtnancl 4 at 'Gibraltar, that be left his lines to " British honour." The order for the liberation of the Spanish prison - , ers extends to every one who i s w illi ng to ettroD, himiell under. the Patriotic Stand ar d. I t was . re ad on Saturday morning to those confined in the ship; in Krtsmouth harbour, and we are happy to Slate that it . was received %vial . an unanimous acclamation of joy. Th e arrangements f or t h e restorat i on of the Spani•ili prisoners in ,(.Itieral have been entrusted 1" Col. Do'rt.E, nephew,to--Sir -Tour]. Dovx.E, and Caps KENNEDY, his Aid-de-camp, botn of whom nave fOr Portsmouth. A deputation of the pri' soners was sen fo;: to London,,io order to give them personal assurances of the interest that the liritish.na' tion,takes in the gloriOus struggle of their country' men for thei, i. ‘Ztependence. They were introduced to Colonel DOYLE and Capt. KENNEDY, and t wo Officers more 'eligible for the service therhave t‘ 3 ' fulfil could not have . The report of a negociatfoit between Russia 30 4 this Cu...nry was yesh:rday so strongly crecited its the city as to produce a considerable deprectaitun iri all artic;es of Russian produce. Hemp fell n o les o than 101. a ton, and tallow and linseed :id in pro' portion. According to the German Papers, the greatest ac' tivity prevails in the ,recruiting of the Austrian armies; and a sort of military ieturni is announced' The whole army is, in imitation of t,. • F 'eh, vided in to ten di v i sions, three of which re are man.led by Archdukes of he Imperial La'ouse. 01 the gut ult. the Guvernment issued a Proclamation fur raising 'an army of reserve for the defence of tile , monarchy, at th e same time taking care to boast , the friendly relations of Austria towards all the Powell Of the Continent. „Baron FIONIPESCH, who had fitted out, and coal' mands a Privateer of .20‘gtin s , has taken possession of a small Danish Isle in the Baltic, in which be fpund stores, the property of the King of .15ENAtARIC , to a consid era bl e amount : he loaded his Privateer, • and 'car-tied a freight to the Orkneys, where b e.- landed it, and then directed the Privateer to return' in order to re-lade with more of the Enemy's pre perty, proceeding himself to London, where he is arrived, in order to receive the instrudions of Go'' vernment respeeling the Island, which. he left possession us part of his crew. • Time Lotdi of . the Admit.-04 try a new plan, which has received their Lordshipi approbation, to increase our seamen, and which is to be adopted with all Convenient speed, It is to raise five thonsand bbys, for which a guinea bounty i.. f ° be offered. They are to be divided into three classes. From l 2 years old to. i 4, to receive seven guineas a•year wages ; from 14 to i 6, nine guineas a-year ; Irony 16 to 18, eleVen uineas a-year. • Two more Atn•ric4t i Vessels have been recently' • condemned in H,lland,: for having lie.en visited 11 3 British ernize —the names of which are the :ha / ll~arys, and the Mercury. The • Ist and 2.i• Ile ;invents of Life Guards were brigaded yesterday on Wimbledon C 011411011; plepr ratory to then being reviewed on the 14th. Sunday NIOn ing as the seventh regiment of Ligh t Dragoons •e. ere exercising on Hounslow He:dh • whilst upon the full charge, two privates, named Harris and Johnson, • belonging to Lo:d Walde grave's troop, fell, and were both killed the spot . A new Palace is to be erected at Croydon, by or' der of the Archbishop o C4NTEItBURY, as a suit" able residence for the Primate of all England"; Archbishop B ECKAR, %k i t h a laudable zeal to sui,rf the dignity of that high station, lett considerable Fri?" perty for the express purpose. • The Marquis of TAVISTecK, according,,to rep-- in the upper circles, is about to lead Lady ANN A _: MARIA % TANHOPR, eldest d aug h ter of the Earl (7' HARRINGTON, to the hymeneal shrine. I 1 I a Wlieri this.subje& was • brought before Parliament on e. recent oceasioe s by an Hon. Friend of his (Mr. Sheiidan), hulled declared his opipion of th e i Moroerietv and inexpediency ` of • agitating it, be cause at that period the discussion might have pre maturely committed the whole Spanish nation,.with respett to/France. But now the casewas materially altered ; the Spanish nation was . conniiiit-Vd'With France ; arid Coey were engaged in one of the molt arduonS aid henourable strugglei in which a coun tii...*was ever involved, and he prayed God to send them success. Under theSe• circumstances he ebid sn'ink u, would have been well if an opportunity had, yti afforded to manifest to the brave Spaniards, through the legitimate organ of the British people, the -sympathetic . feeling which existed in the hearts of that people in favour of their cause. At least it was tobeexpeCted that a Message from his,Majesty . Woeld ha Ve been brought down for a Vote of Credit, to citable Government more effe&ually to' aid and sssist the Pattiots of - Spain. 'He was sure that minis a Message -would have met the unanimous concur-. jen i ce Of Parliarnent, and he was also sure that that concurrence would have been echoed through the Country. He would not go the length on this sub ject to whiish his feelings prompted him, as he might be liable to misrepresentation.; but he could not re train trout repeating; that from the bottom of his soul he wished success to the .patriotic 'efforts of the Spanish Nation f.r the recovery of their liberty ind independence, and he felt 'satisfied that in this wish he should be joined by • the House and` the whole Country. Lori CAsTLEREAGH replied, that although on a - former night when this subje& was before the House, he had felt it his painful duty to express his disapproliition of the tone and manner in which the Honourable Gentleman had on ' t h at occas i on t h ought proper to mention ciicumstances, the recapitulation, of which could have .only an evil tendency, yet it now gave bins great pleasure to undertake the grate ful task of expressing his complete coincidence in the feelings manifested by the Honourable Gentle man, with respedt to the issue of the glorious strug gle in which the Spanish . Nation was engaged.-- With respect :o the animadversion in which the Ho nourable Gentleman had indulged on his Majesty's Ministers, tor not having called for an expression o f the sense of Pailiament on the sub .1, he could only nay, that there did not appear to them io be any tie . ressity 'for such , a proceeding. The Honourable Gentleman hau travelled out of Parljamentary usage to .declare his surprise t nat no farther-vote of credit had been asked for. The reason was simply e that owing to ilieSliberal provision which had been made • by Parliauent tor the service of the.Couritry, GO vernaint svere not without• the means of , granting to St ain, under the present critical and interesting circumst hires, the aid which their duty to the pub- , lie demanded should be peremptorily afforded. No exertion is Lend be wanting on their part to make the resources which they had in their. power to apply effeclOal in the attainment cdthe great ottjea, which wa as desiroble by them as by their Sovereign, by the Parliament, and by the people_at large. Of the mode . in which they should acquit themselves of this solemn obligation, the House at a future ,period would have. an - opportunity of deliberately indjn. Isir. WHITBREAD,. in explanation,- observed, that. the turn Which the Noble Lord had chosen to give to -- what he had snn on a recent evening, could arise only from a feeling or political aeimoSity. He had, • cri that evenin, - ;, disapproved, of the motion of his • Honourable Friend. - hi that 'disapprobation ire was • supported by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, al though the two Secretaries of .State seemed not to • think that the, agitation of the subjeel, at that period, would have an evil tendency, Lord CASTLEREAGH explained. • Mr. NV ieBERFoRcE felt sentiments on this subjeta very similar to those which the Hon, Gentleman who,• had just spoken had given birth. Heswaa con- Cerned that no communication had been made to Pi,uliatnent by %Odell an opportunity might have been Abided of manifesting the feeling of the Na tion to give every assistance in their power to the Spanish Nation ; to chew how deeply they sympa -1 thised in the sufferings which Spain had endured ; and to prove how is armly they wished her success • in the . magnanimous st rugg l e i n ,' w hi c h she had so nobly •engaeed. He was anxiou s that S pa i n should be convinced that the measures which we might take to second her eflorts, were' not the resint of • cen t deliberation, but thet they proceeded from more generous motives : that they proceeded' f rom a warm and heartfelt .sympathy in her cause. But, aboveall, he was anxious that it should not be supeosed by the Spaniards, because there had re war between the . two Co unt r ies,, ce h tly existed a - that any hostile disposition still lurked in the breasts of Britons, or that ese. were disposed to avail our selves of their efihrts,merely for purposes o f our own interest, To the confirmation of such a disavowal on our part, he confessed' that he thought an unani mous vote of the House of Commons would mate have contributed. But it was a consolatory ne n e nn e s, thel the 'feeling in favntu of Spain was so general, that it was text to impossible it cou ld b e • mistaken. It was so notorious that every Briton joined in enthusiastic prayer for 'their success in the ntis slori contest into which they' had entered, that • ' -the 'iletoriety itself almost superseded the necessity of ac formal annunciation of the sentiments 1 II